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xoxoxoBruce · 09-08-2010, 01:03 PM

Because they were so few in numbers, they were exempt from emission regulations.
Did you miss the part about the regulations passed around 2006?
Europe had ULSD earlier, Sweden in 1990, and other followed. Even the eastern bloc finally got on board before the US, because they had so many diesel cars.

Americans weren't clamoring for an engine that was noisy, stunk, was slow to get going in cold weather, and used more expensive/harder to find, fuel.

09-08-2010, 01:03 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Because they were so few in numbers, they were exempt from emission regulations. Did you miss the part about the regulations passed around 2006? Europe had ULSD earlier, Sweden in 1990, and other followed. Even the eastern bloc finally got on board before the US, because they had so many diesel cars. Americans weren't clamoring for an engine that was noisy, stunk, was slow to get going in cold weather, and used more expensive/harder to find, fuel. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.